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These terribly scrumptious, but easy Garlic Noodles are a fusion Asian dish made well-known by Thanh Lengthy restaurant in San Francisco, through Kenji Lopez-Alt. Prime with a fried egg and greens for a fast meal. Additionally makes a wonderful Asian facet dish for “something”!

Garlic noodles

That is one more instance of a wonderful fusion Asian dish that brings collectively Asian and Western components to create one thing extremely tasty. Huge garlic flavours – with a secret ingredient: parmesan. Sure, you learn that proper! Parmesan. Combined with Asian sauces (oyster, fish sauce and Maggi seasoning or soy sauce) and a stack of garlic, it provides a punch of savoury flavour when it melts into the sauce. And it goes amazingly effectively with the Asian flavours!

Components in Garlic Noodles

Right here’s what you might want to make Garlic Noodles. There are many noodle choices however my favorite are ramen / noodles desserts, as pictured beneath.

• Noodles – As talked about above, this recipe will be made with any noodles, dried or recent (from fridge). It’s pictured beneath made with hokkien noodles. It might even be made with spaghetti – there’s loads of recipes that use pasta!! However my favorite are ramen / noodles desserts, like these pictured above. The wrinkly nature of these noodles simply makes the sauce cling higher.

  As for spaghetti – it really works and tastes nice, however pasta doesn’t have the identical chew that noodles do. I’d nonetheless plough forward if I solely had pasta although!

• Garlic – Heaps. We want 2 entire tablespoons of finely minced garlic. The garlic flavour is unmissable on this!

• Fish sauce – The savoury sauce that’s bought extra layers of flavour than soy sauce. Although, if you happen to don’t have it, soy sauce will be substituted. Use gentle or all-purpose soy sauce, not darkish soy sauce (too robust). Extra on completely different soy sauce varieties right here.

• Maggi Seasoning is a savoury Asian sauce, I consider it like soy sauce + an Asian Worcestershire sauce. Discover it within the Asian aisle of huge grocery shops (Coles, Woolies) or Asian shops. It’s used for noodles, stir fries and it’s additionally the key ingredient in Banh Mi Sauce.

  Substitute with soy sauce (gentle or all-purpose, not darkish soy). Although be aware if you happen to substitute each the fish sauce and Maggie Seasoning you’ll begin dropping flavour on this dish. 🙂

• Parmesan – The “secret ingredient” that provides a punch of savoury flavour and saltiness! There’s delicate parmesan flavour within the dish, it’s not the dominant flavour.

  You’ll want to finely shred the parmesan utilizing a microplane or comparable so it melts seamlessly into the sauce. Should you use retailer purchased pre-grated (sandy sort or nice batons) it gained’t soften as effectively. But when that’s all you’ve bought, I’d nonetheless make this!

• Butter, not oil. Tastier!

• Inexperienced onion for freshness.

How you can make Garlic Noodles

Within the video, you’ll see me boil the noodles then make the sauce utilizing the identical saucepan. It really works nice as a result of the sauce barely takes a minute to make. However generally, I’ll get the sauce going whereas the noodles are boiling then toss it collectively in a pan. Do what works for you. 🙂

1. Reserve noodles water – Cook dinner the noodles per packet instructions. Simply earlier than draining, scoop out a mugful of the cooking water (that is to make the sauce later). Take no less than 1/2 cup or extra – you want 1/4 cup for the recipe plus further simply in case.

2. Drain the noodles then go away within the colander when you make the sauce (it’s barely a minute).

3. Sauté garlic – In the identical saucepan, soften the butter then sauté the garlic for 30 seconds or till it smells ridiculously good.

4. Sauce – Add the fish sauce, Maggi seasoning, Oyster sauce and 1/4 cup reserved noodle cooking water. Stir to mix the sauce components, there’s no must simmer or cook dinner it.

   The noodle cooking water is what makes the sauce – the starch within the water helps thicken the sauce so it clings to the noodles.

5. Noodles & parmesan – Add the noodles and parmesan then toss for 30 seconds or till the sauce is coating the noodles quite than pooling on the backside of the saucepan. The parmesan will soften seamlessly into the sauce. The noodles ought to be slick and free. If it will get sticky and thick (as a result of the warmth is just too excessive / tossed for longer than wanted), simply add a splash of noodle cooking water to loosen it up!

6. Toss by means of inexperienced onion then serve instantly!

To serve

Make a fast meal out of those garlic noodles by including a fried egg or slices of boiled egg, plus a facet of greens. Pictured on the high is broccolini which I boiled with the noodles then tossed with Asian Sesame Dressing (which you all the time have within the fridge, proper!).

In any other case, that is actually the right facet dish that may go along with “any” Asian mains that wants a starchy facet. I see…..Sticky Chinese language Wings, Chinese language BBQ Pork, Chinese language BBQ Rooster, Vietnamese Lemongrass Pork Steaks, Golden Turmeric Fish or Asian Glazed Barramundi! I’m positive you’re visualising many different choices. 🙂 Inform me what you see! – Nagi x

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Garlic Noodles

Creator: Nagi

Prep: 5 minutes minutes

Cook dinner: 6 minutes minutes

Noodles, Facet, Facet Dish

asian fusioin, Asian-esque

Servings2

Faucet or hover to scale

Recipe video above. Fast & straightforward, it is a fusion Asian dish made well-known by Thanh Lengthy restaurant in San Francisco, through Kenji Lopez-Alt. Huge garlic flavours and Asian sauces are mixed with parmesan which provides it an additional savoury punch. Makes these noodles lip smackingly good! Add a fried egg and broccolini cooked with the noodles for a fast meal. Or function a facet with any Asian meal!

Directions

• Noodles – Cook dinner the noodles in a big saucepan per packet instructions. Scoop out ~1/2 cup cooking water. Pressure noodles and put aside.

• Sauce – Soften butter in the identical saucepan over medium warmth. Add garlic and cook dinner, stirring till comfortable. Add oyster sauce, fish sauce, Maggi seasoning and 1/4 cup cooking water. Stir to mix.

• Toss – Add cooked noodles, parmesan and inexperienced onion. Toss till the noodles are all coated, and the sauce is just not pooled within the backside of the saucepan. Add extra cooking water 1 tbsp on the time, if wanted to loosen the noodles.

• Serve instantly!

• Serving suggestion: fried egg and broccolini cooked with the noodles*, tossed with Asian Sesame Dressing you all the time have in your fridge. 🙂* Broccolini takes about 3 minutes, so put it into the water earlier than/after/with the noodles relying on the noodle cooking time.

Recipe Notes:

Recipe tailored from Kenji Lopez-Alt from his cookbook The Wok.
1. Noodles – I like this greatest with ramen noodles / noodle desserts ie wrinkly, as a result of the garlic bits and sauce clings higher. Contemporary egg noodles (ie from fridge part, yellow) are a detailed second – thick or skinny (like hokkien, lo mein), use 220g/8oz – or dried egg noodles (quantity per recipe).
Angel hair pasta or spaghetti can be used (quantity per recipe) however I want noodles as pasta doesn’t have the identical “chew” as noodles. If I solely had pasta, I’d nonetheless make this! Rice noodles additionally works however texture is completely different.
2. Fish sauce will give one of the best savoury flavour right here (doesn’t style fishy!) however will be substituted with soy sauce (gentle or all-purpose, not darkish soy).
3. Maggi Seasoning is a savoury Asian sauce, I consider it like soy sauce + an Asian Worcestershire sauce. Discover it within the Asian aisle of huge grocery shops (Coles, Woolies) or Asian shops. Staple sauce in South East Asia! Sub with soy sauce (gentle or all-purpose, not darkish soy).
4. Cooking water – That is what creates the sauce that coats the noodles. The starch within the water helps thicken the sauce.
5. Freshly grated parmesan required for easy soften that disappears into the noodles. Retailer purchased sandy or finely shredded grated gained’t soften as completely but when that’s all you’ve bought, do it!
6. Leftovers will preserve for 3 days within the fridge, loosen with a contact of water.
Diet per serving, assuming 2 servings.

Diet Info:

Energy: 450cal (23%)Carbohydrates: 45g (15%)Protein: 14g (28%)Fats: 25g (38%)Saturated Fats: 14g (88%)Polyunsaturated Fats: 2gMonounsaturated Fats: 9gTrans Fats: 0.5gLdl cholesterol: 41mg (14%)Sodium: 2535mg (110%)Potassium: 243mg (7%)Fiber: 2g (8%)Sugar: 2g (2%)Vitamin A: 607IU (12%)Vitamin C: 5mg (6%)Calcium: 203mg (20%)Iron: 3mg (17%)

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